Sentences with phrase «take on public services»

With this broader focus the work mirrors the more general take on public services developing at the EU level, which is also reflected by Protocol No 26 to the Treaty of Lisbon on services of general interest.

According to the press release, more than a million student loan borrowers have taken on a public service job and have met all the requirements that are needed to be eligible for student loan forgiveness and grants.

He was the senior co-chair of the section's Litigation Committee and consistently took on public service opportunities, including participating in the group's Lawyers in the Classroom initiative.

Not exact matches

Subsidizing commutes, whether on public transit, car - sharing services or free shuttles, takes some of the pain away.

Three years ago, Gartner cloud analyst Lydia Leong took a look at what Verizon was planning and was impressed with its ambitious scope, although even then she was unsure if Verizon could take on the big public cloud players led by Amazon Web Services.

Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of ride - hailing service Uber, said Wednesday he's going to take as long as possible to go public — responding to critics and stressing he's focused on product and innovation, not liquidity.

The latest assault on a taken - for - granted public service comes from Canada Post.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced plans to take some of its services businesses public on Monday.

We'll also be taking part in an assembly on the last day, dealing with public services and Harper's «austerity» agenda.

It's just really something to think about, like you have this debt and whether you're going to be on a Dave Ramsey style like debt snowball or you're going to go for public service loan forgiveness or you're going to go for IBR and take 20 years, like I just say come up with a plan and stick to the plan.

However, if you work in a qualifying job and take advantage of Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), you could save money on your student loans, depending on the plan you choose.

By Vivienne Foley, CNN New York (CNN)- Pastors and their congregants took to the streets of New York on Thursday to protest and to pray for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse a ban on religious groups» use of public schools for worship service, scheduled to go into effect February 12.

CNN: Pastors protest New York ban on religious services Pastors and their congregants took to the streets of New York on Thursday to protest and to pray for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse a ban on religious groups» use of public schools for worship service, scheduled to go into effect February 12.

In accepting public funds for rendering public services, church - related agencies take on responsibilities to the public that reach beyond the church's faith community.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

Article 11 (2) In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status; (b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances; (c) To encourage the provision of necessary supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life

It's possible that the cuts will have taken such a toll on public services by then that we'll be hollering for more spending, but I see no sign of it just yet.

«Associates describe him as a «genuinely nice guy» as well as «a good person to have on your side»» George worked at agencies Connect Public Affairs and Burson - Marsteller before being lured to EDS in 2004 to take on the role of director of marketing and communications for the under - fi re IT services company, later moving to his present role.

When the public service spending, tax, tax credit and benefit changes are taken into account (ie, everything), the effect on households in 2015/16 is bad news - an average drop of 2.5 %.

Following the passage of the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) in September 2015 Government has taken note of the concerns of taxpayers and the general public on some provisions of the Act especially those relating to the withholding of tax on the provision of services and the payment of tax on interests paid to individuals.

Taking on two common anti-migrant tropes - «stress on public service» and «decreased wages» - Abbott identified that the real cause of these problems lay elsewhere: implementing austerity when investment was needed, and a «weakened trade union movement, and predatory employers» as the cause of decreased wages.

Commenting on reports of the announcements the Prime Minister will make at a Downing Street Summit today about action proposed to be taken against certain public service workers, including teachers, who fail to report sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers» union in the UK said: «No one can fail but to be shocked by the horrific abuse of young girls revealed by recent investigations, including the Report today on Oxfordshire.

At the top of that agenda is democratic localism, which advocates strong local government taking big decisions on public services in response to local demand and in order to drive up standards.

These are the arguments we need to be using; it has to be about cuts impacting on the delivery of key public services, services that people all too often take for granted and that they don't yet realise they're set to lose unless they're prepared to fight for them.

Cuomo also empowered the state Department of Public Service to take on a «review and recommend» oversight role of LIPA and PSEG.

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April on April 1.

The phrase may not have got a mention in July's Open Public Services white paper but the public administration select committee (Pasc) today released its second report on the subject, suggesting that those in Parliament at least still take the idea seriPublic Services white paper but the public administration select committee (Pasc) today released its second report on the subject, suggesting that those in Parliament at least still take the idea seripublic administration select committee (Pasc) today released its second report on the subject, suggesting that those in Parliament at least still take the idea seriously.

He also expressed optimism that when the 2016 edition takes place, it will consolidate on the gains of the current efforts of government at all levels in improved infrastructure, more efficient business support services, improved public transport system and a more secured and business friendly environment, would have materialized.

Civil servants in the Public and Commercial Services union will be taking part in a public sector strike on the 10th July after voting to strike ovePublic and Commercial Services union will be taking part in a public sector strike on the 10th July after voting to strike ovepublic sector strike on the 10th July after voting to strike over pay.

Press reports suggest that the second choice for the post was David Cameron, who also rejected the job, preferring to take on a major public service portfolio (he was made Shadow Secretary of State for Education).

The dire consequences of this on many States of the Federation was made worse by some of the earlier decisions the country took including the 2011 minimum wage increase, which from all indications is unsustainable for most states of the federation considering the huge size of the public service of many of them, low productivity and high level of waste.

The coalition government has taken a particularly strict line with the corporation, arguing it must demonstrate value for money by sharing some of the financial burden on public services.

The Chancellor also failed to take meaningful action on Universal Credit or the public sector pay cap, preferring instead to simply pay lip service to the suffering these policies are causing.

An active supporter of Welsh language use, she wrote in one article: «I would contend that for a Labour supporter being actively pro-Welsh language is a natural part of our DNA, as much as supporting public services, tackling low pay or taking on any other equalities cause».

Leadership announced committee hearings on public protection, mental hygiene, higher education, general government, environment and housing, transportation, economic development, human services / labor, and education all to take place throughout the day on Wednesday.

Today's report by the Public Accounts Committee into the National Audit Office's report on Managing the costs of clinical negligence in the NHS concludes the Government has been sluggish in its response to these predictable rising costs which are taking scarce resources away from frontline services and patients.

The public outcry and the criticism of social services which followed high profile cases of child abuse, such as those of Victoria Climbie and baby Peter Connelly, was reported to have resulted in increased numbers of children being taken into care as social workers erred on the side of caution.

In the ad, Gaughran compares this with his own tenure in public service, taking credit for writing ethics laws on the local level.

But, he took her out of circulation for a period of time, hence making it a sort of public service (like a soldier hopping on a gernade to save his buddies) that merits public compensation.

Mark's decades of public service and great work leading Hobart and William Smith Colleges will be of tremendous value in this new role, and I thank him for taking the time to serve on the Gaming Commission.»

The root of much of the public corruption that takes place in Albany is the rule that lets state lawmakers have outside business interests, according to Democratic AG hopeful Eric Dinallo, who said he supports a ban on moonlighting because «people should be fully committed to their public service responsibilities.»

The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face&rPublic and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face&rpublic sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».

The state Public Service Commission is on the verge of dropping down to just two board members after the surprise announcement that its chair, Audrey Zibelman, is taking a job in Australia in two months.

Both are social democratic programmes on a different philosophical page to David Cameron's bid to force individuals to take responsibility for providing their own public services.

Well you can be in favour of that or not, but does it alter the nature of any hard decision you have to take on reform, on public services?

Representatives of the U.S. Postal Service will be on hand to take questions and hear concerns from the public.

(WBEN) Buffalo Police are investigating a case where a drug suspect already up on charges was helping police with a public service video on the opioid epidemic, and allegedly went off script and took drugs with them nearby.

The Pontypridd MP told the Guardian: «I was more than frustrated: I was furious that we were sitting there with a Tory Government that has imposed swingeing cuts on public services, on tax credits, on universal credit, that have smashed women and public sector workers the length and breadth of Britain, and we are taking lectures from them about social justice and economic fairness.

New Labour's successes all took place during periods of economic growth and confidence, which allowed increased spending on public services without greatly increasing the tax burden.

The Legislature is free to modify the Clean Energy Standard however it chooses, and more importantly, to place restrictions on the Public Service Commission to limit its ability to levy taxes and spend the proceeds — a power that's supposed to be reserved for the people's elected representatives, and that Flanagan's bill seeks to partially take back.